Jobless rates jump in Beaufort and Jasper counties

COLUMBIA — Beaufort and Jasper counties both saw their unemployment rate grow more than a full percentage point from May to June.

Beaufort County’s jobless rate rose from 6.8 percent in May to 7.9 percent last month, while Jasper County jumped from 6.9 percent to 8.1.

The state as a whole, however, was more stable. South Carolina’s rate edged up from 8 percent to 8.1, continuing South Carolina’s longstanding position lagging behind the nation’s recovery. The national jobless rate was 7.6 percent.

In South Carolina, trade, transportation, and utilities grew by 7,200 jobs, while professional and business services added 4,400, and leisure and hospitality gained 2,900. Construction jobs increased by 1,100 and manufacturing grew by 1,000.

Other industries shed positions, including 1,200 in education and health, 600 in financial activities, and 200 in government.

Beaufort and Jasper counties have typically enjoyed lower unemployment rates than other counties, in part because of the coast’s higher retiree population and reliable hospitality industry. The jobs picture is likely to improve further in the upcoming year, as some large-scale developments take shape.

A geriatric post-acute care facility in Bluffton is estimated to create 325 full-time jobs with an average salary of $48,000, according to projections PACE Healthcare submitted to South Carolina regulators. Project leaders are still trying to secure financing for the facility, which could cost nearly $100 million, including $55 million to acquire real estate.

More recently, a Georgia development company, Jaz Development, has proposed a brownfield clean up plan as part of its effort to purchase 66 acres in Bluffton near the Crescent residential community. The company’s plan is to construct a regional shopping center.

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The national jobless rate is NOT 7.6%, and our media knows this. But with a democrat in office they won't tell the country what our real unemployment rate is after adding the millions of people that have given up looking for work into the equation. The nations workforce is the lowest it's been since 1979. There are over 100 million people receiving some sort of government assistance in America. Food stamps are at a all time high. People signing up for disability is at a all time high, in fact many months more people sign up for disability in the USA than find a job.
Government dependency. That's the Obama recovery.

If a republican were in office, all of these stories would be the headline and the media would be going out of it's way to explain, in detail, how our government is misleading you with phony information and a made up unemployment rate.
The media in this country should be ashamed of themselves for purposely misleading the public.
But misleading the public is what they do. They are no longer about reporting the news. They are all about pushing the leftwing agenda, covering for democrats, and lying about republicans.
These are sad times in our nations history.

Not just that Bobcat but these jobs are going to unlawful aliens children through the 'deferred action' temporary work visa remember these are handed out to unlawful aliens up to 30 years of age so far there has been over 380,000 that have been approved.

Just another burden for American citizens.

Oh and get this. In the Senate Immigration bill the Senate wants to GIVE the unlawful aliens a W work visa which GIVES JOBS TO THEM IN CONSTRUCTION, HOSPITALITY AND LONG TERM HEALTH CARE INDUSTRIES. GIVES THE JOBS TO THEM THAT THE LOW INCOME AND UNEDUCATED AMERICAN CITIZENS ALREADY DO, MOSTLY THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.